[libreoffice-users] Re: export sql to odb?

Perhaps drifting off thread a little. I have a DBF database which dates 
back many years - in fact to Lotus Works in MS DOS days. It works well 
via LO Base, once one has worked out how to do it, which is far from 
obvious. I have often wondered whether it is worth converting this to a 
native LO database, ie on the lines of your mentioned HyperSQL. I guess 
it is not, and in fact I would guess that most users only use Base as 
an interface to other database formats.

The 'Help' in LO, practically identical to that in OOo, is far from 
helpful and is pretty short of practical guidance. Every time I look at 
it it leaves me confused. Maybe an 'idiots guide' to using Base in real 
life situations, as part of the installation, is long over due. It 
would reduce all these sorts of threads.

Dave

On 15 Aug 2011 at 16:24, Simon Cropper (The foss Workflow Guides) 
wrote:

> Base is primarily a translator between various backends and LibreOffice.
>
> It does however use HyperSQL [1, 2] to create stand alone databases. [1]
> http://hsqldb.org/ [2] http://hsqldb.org/web/hsqlUsing.html
>
> This is a relational database engine written in Java.

http://www.davesergeant.com


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